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David Zhang

I have made visualizations viewed by hundreds of thousands of people, sped up query times for 25 terabytes of data by an average of 4,800 times, and built packages for R that let you do magic.

Education

Research assistant, part-time PhD, Bioinformatics

University College London

London, UK

Present - 2017

  • Thesis: Using transcriptomics to improve the diagnosis rate of rare disease patients.
  • The overaching goal of my PhD is to develop and apply statisical methods and software that improve the genetic diagnosis rate using RNA-sequencing. This involves detection of aberrant RNA-level events that can be used to complement next-generation DNA sequencing, to helping to resolve candidates of unknown significance.

MSc, Neuroscience

University College London

London, UK

2016 - 2015

  • Thesis: The role of mitochondrial dysfunction in Xerodoma pigmentosum
  • Grade: Merit (68%)

BSc, Biomedical science

University College London

London, UK

2015 - 2012

  • Thesis:
  • Grade: 2:1 (69%)

H.S.

Queen Elizabeth’s School

Barnet, UK

2012 - 2007

  • Grade: Maths (A), Biology (A), Chemistry (A*), Sociology (A).

Research Experience

Honorary Researcher (2 months)

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Baltimore, MD, USA (remote)

2020 - 2020

Research Technician

University College London

London, UK

2017 - 2016

  • Used R and bash to investigate the effect of genetic variation on the age of onset of dementia and cognition within Down syndrome patients.

Industry Experience

I have worked in a variety of roles ranging from journalist to software engineer to data scientist. I like collaborative environments where I can learn from my peers.

Bioinformatician internship (3 months)

Verge Genomics

South San Francisco, CA, USA (remote)

2020 - 2020

  • Detection of aberrant splicing events in complex disease patients.




Teaching Experience

I am passionate about education. I believe that no topic is too complex if the teacher is empathetic and willing to think about new methods of approaching task.

R fundamentals

Clinician Coders

London, UK

2020 - 2018

  • Lead facilitator teaching R to Clinicians.

RNA-sequencing for diagnostics

Kings College London

London, UK

2020 - 2017

  • Invited lecturer to graduate level students.

Developing Bioconductor Packages

University College London

Virtual Event

2020 - 2020

testthat: edition 3

rstats club

Virtual Event

2018 - 2018

  • Talk regarding unit testing fundamentals, the importance of testing and new features released in the R package testthat edition 3.

Selected Data Science Writing

I regularly blog about data science and visualization on my blog LiveFreeOrDichotomize.

MAYBE SOME KAGGLE PROJECTS

TBA

TBA

2020 - 2020

  • TO BE ADDED

Selected Publications, Posters, and Talks

Megadepth: efficient coverage quantification for BigWigs and BAMs

Bioinformatics

N/A

2020 - 2020

  • Authored with Richard Single, Vanja Paunic, Mark Albrecht, and Martin Maiers.